A traffic control person (young worker) was overcome by heat exhaustion while working on a paving operation.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Site preparationLocation : Northern BCID Number : 2006154850119Date of Incident : 2006-Jun

As an excavator did ground preparation and site clearing, a treetop was snapped off by high winds. The treetop became entangled in nearby overhead power lines and contacted the top of the excavator.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Road construction and repairLocation : Northern BCID Number : 2006154930157Date of Incident : 2006-Jun

A link between boom sections on a concrete pump truck failed during a concrete pour. The boom fell onto the deck of the building, injuring a young worker.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Site servicesLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006122700525Date of Incident : 2006-Jun

An excavator working on a trench for a water line service installation caught and broke a 3/4-inch gas line. The gas line pulled off from a 3-inch main, which had been exposed. The site maps provided by the utility company did not show this line and the tracer wire for this line had been previously broken. All other utility lines in the area had been located and marked at surface.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Excavation for underground utilitiesLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006015490222Date of Incident : 2006-Jun

An excavator was sloping the sides of an excavation when it caught the underground conduit and power line leading to an illuminated sign. The wires were pulled through the conduit and off of the transformer on the adjacent power pole.
Injury Type : Head injuryCore Activity : Exterior renovation workLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006113830170Date of Incident : 2006-Jun

A worker was stripping plywood from a concrete slab edge when he fell approximately 9.5 feet to the base of the excavation below.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Site servicesLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006122700510Date of Incident : 2006-Jun

A worker was cutting the concrete pad near the infeed rolls to the fabrication shop of a steel manufacturing company. A lift truck was carrying five pieces of 40-foot angle iron weighing approximately 2,000 pounds about 13 feet in the air to pass over the storage racks to set on the infeed rolls. The unsecured angle iron slipped from the forks of the lift truck and landed on the worker on the concrete pad.
Injury Type : Broken ankleCore Activity : FramingLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006107970376Date of Incident : 2006-Jun

Four young workers were bracing a wall in place on a residential construction site. A wall 9 feet by 14 feet was standing (unbraced) against laid-down walls behind the workers. A gust of wind blew the wall forward and onto one of the workers.
Injury Type : Loss of consciousnessCore Activity : WeldingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006124770160Date of Incident : 2006-Jun

A worker lost consciousness while welding in a confined space. He was working from a platform suspended 7 feet down from the opening of a caisson 3 feet in diameter. The standby rescue worker manually extricated the worker within 1 minute.
Injury Type : FatalCore Activity : Oil or gas pipeline construction and repairLocation : Northern BCID Number : 2006091090012Date of Incident : 2006-Jun

A 1-ton flatbed truck turned in front of an oncoming pickup truck. The driver of the pickup (a young worker) died on impact.
Injury Type : FatalCore Activity : BlastingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006122700509Date of Incident : 2006-Jun

A worker was directing the end of a concrete pumper hose while placing concrete in a form approximately 5 feet high. The worker was standing on a waler about 3 feet above grade. The hose became plugged and while the operator tried to unplug the hose, it contacted the worker, knocking him from the form to the grade.
Injury Type : FatalCore Activity : FramingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006155070109Date of Incident : 2006-Jun

A worker was descending the inside scaffold ladder from a work platform. He slipped and fell approximately 12 feet to the ground, hitting the cross-braces halfway through the fall.
Injury Type : Loss of consciousnessCore Activity : Installation of tunnel boring machineLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006114550155Date of Incident : 2006-Jun

A worker was unconscious for several minutes after being struck on the head by one end of a fibreglass pipe (2 feet by 20 feet) that dropped from a height of approximately 8 feet. The pipe was part of a ventilation system positioned on top of a section of deck in preparation for connecting. The work was being done as part of the tunnel boring machine installation approximately 180 metres below grade in the starter tunnel for treated water.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Building demolitionLocation : BCID Number : 2006124770152Date of Incident : 2006-Jun

Approximately 50 construction workers were evacuated from a worksite when the doors of a building under demolition were opened and a large plume of steam with a hydrocarbon smell came out. The 12-foot-square open shaft was filled with two floors of metal waste from the demolition. The bottom of the shaft was adjacent to the electrical vault, which housed two 12-kV transformers, and 14 inches of water covered the floor. The water appeared to be boiling, with unknown substances floating on top and possible acid mist in the air. After the utilities company cut power to the area, a hazardous materials response team entered the sub-basement.
Injury Type : Skull fractureCore Activity : Wood framingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006122700492Date of Incident : 2006-Jun

A young worker was adjusting the height of a beam that was part of a suspended concrete slab formwork system. The beam dislodged from its support and struck the worker's head/shoulder.
Injury Type : Pain in back and shoulderCore Activity : Concrete formworkLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006114550153Date of Incident : 2006-May

A worker was placing a wooden 4x6 joist on a beam system as part of a suspended concrete slab formwork. The worker was standing or walking on the joist when a 4x6 tipped, causing the worker to fall approximately 8 feet onto a concrete slab.
Injury Type : Broken arm, bruisingCore Activity : FramingLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006107970374Date of Incident : 2006-May

A young worker attempted to access a ladder from a residential roof. The worker missed the ladder and fell more than 10 feet to the ground.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Road construction drilling and blastingLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006037470243Date of Incident : 2006-May

A van drove off the road into an excavation footing. A worker in the van hit his head on the door.
Injury Type : Fractured wrist; compression fracture of backCore Activity : Finishing carpentryLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006107970369Date of Incident : 2006-May

A worker was on a ladder working on the wood trim of a fireplace. The worker fell approximately 6 feet.
Injury Type : Head laceration, possible fractureCore Activity : Crane serviceLocation : Northern BCID Number : 2006124490054Date of Incident : 2006-May

As a worker disembarked from the cab of a mobile crane, he fell head first from the cab to the pavement below.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Excavation workLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006110750168Date of Incident : 2006-May

A utility owner had located a gas line (propane). A worker tried to find the line with an excavator rather than with hand tools and severed a 3/4-inch service line.
Injury Type : FatalCore Activity : Transport of paving materialLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006105910165Date of Incident : 2006-May

A tandem-axle dump truck and trailer loaded with asphalt drove off the road and into a ditch. The worker sustained fatal injuries.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Excavating with hydraulic excavatorLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006101100044Date of Incident : 2006-May

An excavator digging a trench for residential sewer and storm sewer pipes inadvertently snagged and destroyed two underground electrical conductors, one a primary (8 kV) and the other a secondary. The conductors were pulled out of the at-grade distribution box, interrupting the power supply. The underground services had not been located prior to excavating.
Injury Type : FatalCore Activity : Gutter installationLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006114550142Date of Incident : 2006-May

Workers were taking a 56-foot section of aluminum gutter from the ground to the flat roof of a 3-storey building. The end of the gutter contacted an overhead high-voltage power line (12 kV) approximately 20 feet from the building face. One of the workers, who was on an extension ladder, fell approximately 22 feet after the contact and sustained fatal injuries.
See a slide show based on this incident:http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Multimedia/SlideShows.asp?ReportID=34909Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Site preparationLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006134530071Date of Incident : 2006-May

A young worker on a flat roof inadvertently stepped on a piece of drywall covering a ventilation shaft. The worker fell down the shaft and landed on the concrete floor more than 20 feet below. The worker was not wearing a personal fall protection system.
Injury Type : Flash burn to one eyeCore Activity : Land clearing/ConstructionLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006137101719Date of Incident : 2006-May

An excavator was helping to construct a large retaining wall along a public roadway. The excavator contacted a 14-kV primary power line and a nearby worker sustained a flash burn from the electric arc.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : MasonryLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006110750159Date of Incident : 2006-May

While a tug crew was securing a floating barge, a mobile crane placed a steel ramp in position to provide access to the barge. The moored barge then moved away from the crane. The ramp, which was still connected to the crane, shifted away from the crane and fell into the water, causing the crane to tip over and land on the pier.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : MasonryLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006107970299Date of Incident : 2006-May

A tower crane was attempting to lift an exterior corner gang-form panel from level 11. The panel was supported by brackets attached to the concrete wall. When the panel was released from the brackets, it swung away from the wall. The panel was too heavy for the gear that the hoist motor was in and the tower crane overload limit switch activated. As the crane was now unable to hoist the load, the operator attempted to lower the gang-panel to the ground. The operator could not control the descent of the load because the brake was insufficient for the combined weight and speed for the gear. The operator hit the stop button, but the gang-panel contacted the roof of the person-hoist and the 3rd storey.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Road constructionLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006015490167Date of Incident : 2006-May

A sidehill saturated with rain gave way and slid down onto a road right-of-way under construction. A large steel drum packer was caught in the slide and was pushed over the edge of the road, onto a steep sidehill. The operator managed to control the packer, kept it upright, and was not injured.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Underground utility trenchingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006097990208Date of Incident : 2006-May

An excavator's bucket contacted a power pole, cracking it and causing the primary power line to swing into a lamp standard. The high-voltage fuse opened and shut off the power.
Injury Type : Broken pelvisCore Activity : Demolition and constructionLocation : Northern BCID Number : 2006124490052Date of Incident : 2006-May

A worker was on an extension ladder on the outside of a building, trying to cut a piece of tensioned steel rebar. The rebar released, striking the worker and the ladder, and knocking the worker off the ladder. The worker fell approximately 6 feet, landing on a concrete sidewalk.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Crane operationLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006115131229Date of Incident : 2006-May

Five workers were raising a wood frame wall from horizontal to vertical when the kickers (temporary supports) along the bottom plate failed and the wall fell back onto the workers. Three of the workers escaped from under the wall without injury.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Concrete formingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006113830135Date of Incident : 2006-May

A worker was not in a stable position when he moved his lanyard from one lifeline to another. He slipped and fell 52 feet from the building to grade.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Wood framingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006115131225Date of Incident : 2006-May

A worker was being raised in a garbage box on the forks of a telescopic boom forklift. When the garbage box restraint system failed, the box slid to one side and the worker fell approximately 10 feet to grade.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Residential formingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006122700466Date of Incident : 2006-May

A rough-terrain telescopic forklift rolled onto its side while turning on a slope. Its boom was extended 27 feet and it was carrying a 2000-pound gang-form panel.
Injury Type : Electrical burn mark on footCore Activity : Placing concrete on suspended slabLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006117650774Date of Incident : 2006-May

A worker was using a bull float with an 18-foot aluminum handle to finish concrete on a rooftop concrete slab. While pulling the bull float towards him, the worker had his back to an overhead power line that ran parallel to the building and about 6 feet above the rooftop. The aluminum handle contacted the 12-kV power line and conducted the electric current to the worker.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : BlastingLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006107970289Date of Incident : 2006-May

When a small roof collapsed, a worker fell 7 feet to the roof below and then 19 feet to grade.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Underground service repairLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006122700454Date of Incident : 2006-May

A young worker fell approximately 10 feet from a metal scaffold system. The worker was trying to install an end frame while standing on a wooden scaffold plank.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Wood frame constructionLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006107970266Date of Incident : 2006-Apr

An excavator pulled up a 42-mm main gas line at the header at a construction site.
Injury Type : Electrical burns to fingers on both handsCore Activity : Electrical renovationLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006130570177Date of Incident : 2006-Apr

A worker was attempting to make a cut cable of wires safe (putting wire nuts on the ends of the wires and enclosing the cut end in a box) when he noticed it sparked on the ceiling T-bar. He tested with a volt detector and got no reading so he assumed the breaker had shorted open. One circuit had but another had not. When he started removing the wire insulation, he contacted energized conductors.
Injury Type : Fractured skullCore Activity : Land clearing, excavation, site developmentLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006129730112Date of Incident : 2006-Apr

A piece of lumber (2x10, 16 feet long) was being installed along the top and side of a disposal bin to make it higher. The board fell approximately 3 feet, landing on a worker standing alongside the bin.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Townhouse constructionLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006122700444Date of Incident : 2006-Apr

Two workers were installing underground electrical conduit in an unshored, unsloped excavation approximately 5 feet deep. A portion of a sidewall collapsed adjacent to one worker, knocking him down and burying him up to his thigh.
Injury Type : Sore neck and shouldersCore Activity : DrywallingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006155400170Date of Incident : 2006-Apr

One worker pushed a rolling scaffold while another worker was sitting on it. The scaffold had braces missing and it twisted when pushed. The platform became dislodged, and the worker fell about 5 feet to the concrete floor.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Excavation workLocation : Vancouver IslandID Number : 2006137290136Date of Incident : 2006-Apr

A powered excavator struck and ruptured a pressurized main underground gas line (3-inch diameter, 80 PSI). Gas was released into the atmosphere for more than an hour before the gas company could gain control and stop the leak.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : FramingLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006107970226Date of Incident : 2006-Apr

An improperly secured wall approximately 18 feet long and 9 feet high was blown over by the wind. The wall fell from the fourth floor of a condominium to ground level.
Injury Type : Amputation of 2 fingertipsCore Activity : FramingLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006107970217Date of Incident : 2006-Apr

Two workers were attempting to stand a wall 19 feet long by 9 feet high (weighing 400-600 pounds). One worker put a bar under one end of the wall to lift it while the second worker (a young worker) wedged foam under the wall. When the bar slipped, the wall came down on the second worker's fingers.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Structural concrete formingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006114550116Date of Incident : 2006-Apr

When a tower crane lost power, it also lost control and the operator could not raise the load block or trolley in. The crane was slewing (turning) at the time and the brake did come on but not in time to stop the rigging attached to the load block from contacting high-voltage power lines.
Injury Type : Head injuriesCore Activity : Scaffold erectionLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006114550115Date of Incident : 2006-Apr

A traffic control person was about to exit a vehicle when the wind generated by a passing transport truck pulled the driver's side door open. The rear trailer of the transport struck the door.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : PavingLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006111810075Date of Incident : 2006-Apr

An unattended roller compactor was parked on a sloping street. About 10 minutes after the motor had been shut off and the parking brake applied, the equipment began rolling down the street. It struck and damaged a power pole, sheared off a telephone pole, then came to rest against the steps of a building.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Crane operationLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006138140108Date of Incident : 2006-Apr

Two workers were working off of milk crates on top of rolling tower scaffold work platforms (work platform was 11 feet above concrete floor, plus 1 foot for milk crate). The workers were taking down structural steel members (support for rooftop air-handling units) from the underside of the Q-deck. After the weld connections were broken, one worker couldn't hold on to the structural steel member. He dropped it onto the top of the scaffold work platform, lost his balance, and fell 12 feet to the concrete slab below.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : House or other wood frame construction or renovationLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006138140093Date of Incident : 2006-Apr

A young worker was working in the rain, using a pneumatic nail gun to fasten braces between roof trusses. He was standing with one foot on the bottom of each of two adjacent trusses. As he prepared to fire a nail, one foot slipped and the worker inadvertently squeezed the trigger. The gun tip pressed his leg and discharged.
Injury Type : Exposure to trichloroethylene vapour (4 workers, several non-workers)Core Activity : Heating/ventilation system serviceLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006066220055Date of Incident : 2006-Apr

Instead of the normal cleaning liquid, trichloroethylene was used to clean the outside coils of an HVAC unit on the roof of a commercial building. The vapour entered the building, affecting 4 workers and several non-workers. No one was seriously injured.
Injury Type : Compound fracture of legCore Activity : SidingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006115131160Date of Incident : 2006-Apr

The sidewall of an excavation gave way. A young worker slipped off the edge into the excavation and was impaled by a steel waler bar.
Injury Type : BruisingCore Activity : Concrete pumpingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006114550118Date of Incident : 2006-Mar

During house construction, a worker was struck by a 9 foot by 40 foot wall panel that fell over in gusting winds.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Concrete pumpingLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006143950064Date of Incident : 2006-Mar

The boom of a concrete pumper truck struck two cars of a ski hill gondola. There were no passengers in the two cars struck but one of the cars swung forward and struck a third car with a passenger.
Injury Type : FatalCore Activity : Traffic controlLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006150180058Date of Incident : 2006-Mar

A traffic control person was struck by a motor vehicle that went through lane-closure traffic control devices.
See a hazard alert based on this incident:http://www2.worksafebc.com/publications/posters.asp?reportID=35319Injury Type : FatalCore Activity : Snow clearingLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006090580166Date of Incident : 2006-Mar

Two pipeline workers were travelling to a worksite when their motor vehicle rolled over after missing a turn at an intersection. The vehicle was travelling too fast for road conditions.
Injury Type : Fractures and soft-tissue injuries to pelvis and lower backCore Activity : Stucco workLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006116740065Date of Incident : 2006-Mar

A worker was leaning against the top rail of a single-pole wood scaffold when the railing (2x4) broke. The worker fell 12 feet, 9 inches to the ground below.
Injury Type : Spinal injuriesCore Activity : Framing and residential formingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006129730067Date of Incident : 2006-Mar

A young worker was dismantling a wooden scaffold system when he fell from the scaffold's platform. The worker, who was not protected by a personal fall protection system, landed on the concrete pad approximately 12 feet below.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Water meter installationLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006115131094Date of Incident : 2006-Mar

A worker was crimping a sheet metal seam on the roof of a carport when he stepped through an unguarded opening. The worker fell approximately 10 feet and landed on his back on an aluminum ladder laid flat on the ground.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Installing drainpipeLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006117650727Date of Incident : 2006-Mar

Workers were digging up a telecommunication duct bank to install a drainpipe when they exposed some concrete. Thinking it was an old foundation, they started to chip through the concrete and contacted a high-voltage (7.2-kV) underground electrical duct. The services had not been accurately located before work began.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : ConstructionLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006115131095Date of Incident : 2006-Mar

An excavator struck a natural gas line. The underground services had not been accurately located before excavation began.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Excavating to install sewer and water linesLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006147230017Date of Incident : 2006-Mar

A young worker was operating a water truck with a capacity of 1500 gallons. As the truck rounded a corner of the haul road, the rear tire slipped off the road and the truck rolled over.
Injury Type : Soft tissue injuries to neck, shoulder, backCore Activity : FramingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006116740062Date of Incident : 2006-Mar

A worker was standing on the joists of a partially framed pop-up roof. It appears that a portion of a 2x10 joist failed under the weight of the worker at the point where the joist had been nailed into the joist hanger. The worker then fell between adjacent joists (11 feet, 9 inches) and landed on the floor below.
Injury Type : Compressed vertebrae, cracked ribCore Activity : Plumbing installationLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006117670038Date of Incident : 2006-Mar

A young worker was descending an access ladder from the roof of a building. A large piece of steel decking (3 feet by 30 feet) was picked up by a gust of wind and blown into the ladder. The worker fell approximately 15 feet.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : ConstructionLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006115131061Date of Incident : 2006-Mar

An excavator ruptured a natural gas line while excavating a trench. The underground services were not accurately located before excavation began.
Injury Type : Back and face injuriesCore Activity : Painting or wallpaperingLocation : Vancouver IslandID Number : 2006120030074Date of Incident : 2006-Mar

A painter fell 19 feet while working from a scaffolding system. Guardrails were not in place and the single-plank work platform (2x10) was not secured.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : TunnellingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006114550068Date of Incident : 2006-Mar

As the partially assembled boom of a crawler crane was being hoisted, a component at the boom heel section failed. The second of two installed boom sections fell and landed on a front end loader. The manufacturer's assembly procedures had not been followed.
Injury Type : Fatal (non-worker)Core Activity : Building demolitionLocation : Vancouver IslandID Number : 2006111110084Date of Incident : 2006-Mar

Two men were dismantling a 30-year-old single car garage on their property. They had removed both gable end walls. While one man went to get equipment to pull down the structure, the structure collapsed on the other man.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Mobile crane operationLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006115131070Date of Incident : 2006-Mar

A propane radiant heater in a tool trailer was being lighted when a flash fire occurred, burning two workers. Initial investigation found that the propane supply valve on the propane tank was open and that the safety shutdown valve had been taped over. The tool trailer had filled with propane overnight.
Injury Type : Soft-tissue injuriesCore Activity : Wood framingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006115131054Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A worker was working from a ladder jack scaffold more than 10 feet above ground level. As the worker attempted to access another scaffold, it failed. The worker tried to jump to another roof level but fell approximately 12 feet to the ground. The worker was not protected by any fall protection system.
Injury Type : Cracked ankleCore Activity : Siding installationLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006107970128Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A worker was climbing an unsecured extension ladder to access a fourth-floor balcony when the ladder kicked out from under him. The worker fell approximately 30 feet to ground.
Injury Type : Scrapes and bruises to upper bodyCore Activity : Wood frame constructionLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006150180034Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A worker was standing on a 2x6 trying to leverage one end of a bundle of wood roof trusses. A zoom boom lifted the other end of the trusses. The trusses shifted and the weight on the 2x6 catapulted the worker into the air. The worker landed on the ground on his side.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Bridge/overpass construction and repairLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006117650717Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A worker was descending a residential roof with a 10/12 pitch. When the worker was about 12 feet from the edge, the rope grab on his personal fall protection system failed. The worker slid to the toe board at the edge of the roof.
Injury Type : Puncture wound to legCore Activity : FramingLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006107970093Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A worker jumped off a framing table with a nail gun in his hand. When the worker hit the ground, the nail gun struck his leg and discharged.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Steel frame erectionLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006090580157Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

One end (about 60 metres wide and 18 metres high) of a structural steel building under construction collapsed. The steel landed on a parking lot, an adjacent construction site, and a public roadway. One motor vehicle struck a portion of the collapsed structure.
Injury Type : Fractured legsCore Activity : Concrete tilt-up constructionLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006114550066Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A worker's lower legs were struck by a skid-steer front end loader. The operator of the machine reported that he was not able to control it at the time of the incident.
Injury Type : Puncture wound to chestCore Activity : Wood frame constructionLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006107970085Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A young worker was using a pneumatic air nailer to to nail a scaffold brace in place. The worker slipped, and when he attempted to break his fall, a nail discharged into his chest.
Injury Type : Undetermined injuryCore Activity : Wood frame constructionLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006155070025Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A young worker was working from a job-built wooden work platform (20 inches high). As he stepped back to get down, he lost his balance and fell.
Injury Type : Pelvic fracturesCore Activity : FramingLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006107970091Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A worker fell approximately 22 feet from a 6/12 pitch residential roof. No guardrails or other fall protection system was in place.
Injury Type : Fractured heelCore Activity : FramingLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006107970089Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A framing crew was raising a wall section (17 x 11 feet) without first attaching wall stops. The crew pushed the wall too far and it slipped off the deck. A young worker lost his balance and had to jump to ground level about 10 feet below.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Installing gas lineLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006115131055Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

An excavator ruptured a natural gas line (1-inch diameter). The utilities had not been located and exposed prior to excavation beginning.
Injury Type : Fractured arm and ribs; contusions to one footCore Activity : Pipeline constructionLocation : Northern BCID Number : 2006144250054Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A small oilfield building was rigged to be lifted by a 5-ton picker truck (crane truck). The operator applied tension as a second worker removed some bolts from the piping connected to the building. The operator could not see the other worker, who was on the opposite side of the building. When the last bolt was removed, the building began to lift. The worker grabbed the piping in order to control the swing of the building and was lifted off the ground. When the operator saw the worker he was about 10 feet in the air; moments later the worker released his grip and fell to the ground. A signal person is required whenever the operator of a crane is unable to see the rigger/worker.
Injury Type : Amputation of two fingertipsCore Activity : Wood frame constructionLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006122700401Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A young worker was helping to install a forklift attachment on a skid steer loader. The malfunctioning attachment fell suddenly, injuring two of his fingers.
Injury Type : Injuries to vertebrae in lower back (2 workers)Core Activity : Framing or residential formingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006117670012Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A plywood truss roof without cross-bracing in place collapsed when two full lifts of plywood were placed on the roof during construction. Two workers - one of them a young worker - were injured when they fell 18 feet with the collapse.
Injury Type : Fractured ankleCore Activity : Residential re-roofingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006155070032Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A worker was ascending a scaffold ladder. He lost his hand grip and fell backwards, landing on the ground (gravel) approximately 6 feet below.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : House or other wood frame construction, renovationLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006138140040Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A worker was cleaning up gravel on the street when a dump truck backed up and hit the worker. The truck's backing-up alarm could not be heard over the noise at the site.
Injury Type : Head injuryCore Activity : Concrete formingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006117080073Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A tower crane was hoisting a 7,200-pound test block to check the limit switch when the hoisting chain attached to the block failed. The force of the shock load launched the separately attached 600-pound trip test block an undetermined distance into the air, endangering the rigger. Preliminary investigation indicates that the chain used to hoist the test block was incorrectly positioned in a chain shortener link, shearing the 3/8-inch chain link.
Injury Type : Concussion, facial lacerations (non-worker)Core Activity : Residential constructionLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006137101603Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A worker inside a new house under construction was passing plywood to the home's owner, who was securing plywood to the roof. The homeowner fell forward, landing on a balcony approximately 12 feet below.
Injury Type : Bruised hipCore Activity : Land clearing, excavation, or site surface preparationLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006117670013Date of Incident : 2006-Feb

A worker, startled by the sudden movement of an excavator, lost his balance and fell against it.
Injury Type : Puncture wound to legCore Activity : Residential constructionLocation : Vancouver IslandID Number : 2006117540022Date of Incident : 2006-Jan

A worker was walking with an air nailer when it inadvertently contacted his leg and discharged.
Injury Type : Severe bruising to leg, pulled leg muscleCore Activity : Residential constructionLocation : Vancouver IslandID Number : 2006117540021Date of Incident : 2006-Jan

A young worker lost his balance and fell 11 feet to ground while walking between trusses on a roof. There was no fall protection system in place.
Injury Type : Internal chemical burning (throat to stomach)Core Activity : Land clearing, excavation, or site surface preparationLocation : Northern BCID Number : 2006091090005Date of Incident : 2006-Jan

A worker was installing a timber rafter working from scaffolding set up on a second-level balcony. The worker was leaning against a wooden guardrail nailed to the balcony. The guardrail gave way, and the worker fell 19 feet to the ground, striking the boom of a mini-excavator as he fell.
Injury Type : Fractured vertebrae, elbow; cracked ribCore Activity : FramingLocation : Central InteriorID Number : 2006107970070Date of Incident : 2006-Jan

A worker was hit on the head and body when the mast of a sideboom crawler tractor failed and collapsed.
Injury Type : Head and back painCore Activity : Structural concrete formingLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006122700395Date of Incident : 2006-Jan

A worker stepped backwards off an unguarded concrete deck formwork and fell approximately 12 feet, landing on his head and shoulder.
Injury Type : Penetration wound to headCore Activity : House or other wood frame construction or renovation workLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006129730007Date of Incident : 2006-Jan

A carpenter was working from a kneeling position while a helper, holding a nail gun with the trigger depressed, was working in a standing position beside him. As the carpenter stood up, his head contacted the nose piece of the nail gun, and the gun discharged, firing a 3-inch nail into the carpenter's head.
Injury Type : Amputation of all fingertips on one handCore Activity : Framing/residential formingLocation : BCID Number : 2006143950080Date of Incident : 2006-Jan

A worker was walking on the top mat of a beam's reinforcing steel when he slipped and fell approximately 2 feet between steel bars.
Injury Type : Close callCore Activity : Construction of concrete residential buildingsLocation : Lower MainlandID Number : 2006114550063Date of Incident : 2006-Jan

A large portion of a poured-in-place concrete slab fell one level when the supporting formwork was removed. The steel beams to support the slab had not been put in place.
Injury Type : Leg contusions, bruisingCore Activity : Tree falling for pipeline right-of-wayLocation : Northern BCID Number : 2006154930043Date of Incident : 2006-Jan

A faller's leg was struck by the butt of a tree he was falling when it spun and kicked out from the stump.